Hurricane Dorian: millions in coastal US warned to 'get out now' ahead of storm

Officials in Florida, Georgia and the Carolinas on Monday issued mandatory evacuation orders as 155mph winds batter Bahamas

The islands of the northern Bahamas continued to receive a pounding from Hurricane Dorian's 155mph winds on Monday before the most powerful Atlantic cyclone of modern times set its sights on the US mainland, forcing millions of coastal residents there to flee inland to safety.

Officials in Florida, Georgia and the Carolinas on Monday issued mandatory evacuation orders ahead of the expected midweek arrival of the unpredictable monster storm.